Can't target Android 6.0
I have a Xamarin Forms app with a Droid project. I have Android 6.0 (API 23) installed via SDK Manager. But Xamarin Studio only shows up to 5.1 in Options / General / Target Framework. I reinstalled...
View Article[Android] Enabling scrolling for a WebView inside a ScrollView
I had this problem a while ago and I didn't found a complete solution for this here in the forum so I'm posting a solution using a Custom Renderer that is very simple and worked very well for me and I...
View ArticleControl only on one platform - XAML and OnPlatform
I want to add label (or other element) only on one platform, how achieve that using XAML? I tried: <OnPlatform x:TypeArguments="View"> <OnPlatform.WinPhone> <Label Text="Only on...
View ArticleCorrect place to store things securely
I'm doing some work with azure mobile services which requires me to store both an application key, and also cache user authentication information locally (not passwords, just a token). Is there a...
View ArticleLayout cycle detected. Layout could not complete. after resetting...
I am having an issue with the windows phone and a listview. The listview has a hundred or so items and the ItemsSource is changed based on a picker. So when a new item is selected from the picker I set...
View ArticleAttribute "circleCrop" has already been defined (APT0000) common_attrs.xml...
I upgraded from Xamarin.Forms.Maps 1.4.0.0 to 1.5.0.6447. My solution contains several projects, including a lot of PCLs, two Android, and two iOS projects. Everything was building fine before the...
View ArticleWhat are the limitations of Xamarin.Forms?
Is there anything we should be aware of before start to a project with Xamarin.Forms?
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Custom renderer problems for rendering Android's Actionbar's tabs
I've been trying to achieve a simple task: Changing the font of my Xamarin Forms Android app's tab bar items' font. I have a custom font and I've so far been successful using it elsewhere in the app....
View ArticleDisplayAlert on android crash
Is there a way to check if the activity exists on android side of Xamarin.Forms so that calling DisplayAlert doesn't crash like this: Java.Lang.RuntimeExceptionAttempt to invoke virtual method...
View ArticleCustom control with complex property in Xaml
Hi, I have created a cutom control MyControl ` public class MyControl : StackLayout { public static readonly BindableProperty LabelControlProperty = BindableProperty.Create<MyControl, Label>(p...
View ArticleCustom ButtonRenderer not called when my Activity inherits from...
My Custom ButtonRenderer does not get called since my Activity inherits from FormsAppCompatActivity instead of FormsApplicationActivity Is this a known issue? My custom renderer: [assembly:...
View ArticleHow to stop iOS location services warning 'Allow "Appname" to access your...
Hi, I am using the Xamarin.Forms.Maps.dll to display a map of a location for a meeting. I don't use the location of the device at any point and have no need to in the app at all. There is no code that...
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ListView scrolling problem on Android M
Hi, Does anyone know about this scrolling issue that I'm having with any Xamarin.Forms ListView in Android M (Nexus 5)? There is something like a white space above and under the ListView, and in the...
View Articlesystem.argumentexception: an item with the same key has already been added
I know this is avery general error, but I suddenly cannot debug my xamarin forms application anymore on my iOS device: system.argumentexception: an item with the same key has already been added any...
View ArticleDevelop under your Apple developer profile for someone else
I'm using Xamarin forms to develop Android and iOS applications. I'm using my company's Apple developer account to develop the iOS app. When the app is done, we need to give it to the client and have...
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XAML Layout moves when I press a button?
I am building a xaml layout in Xamarin for my mobile app. I have written the following code. The layout, as you can see from the following images, is aligning the labels off the page and there are...
View ArticleServiceAccountCredential missing from Google.Apis.Auth package
Hi! Ive created a simple Xamarin.Forms app, and installed the Google.Apis.Auth package, but the class Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2.ServiceAccountCredential is missing from the package. Anbody know why this...
View ArticleXamarin.Auth Windows Phone Experimental - Deleting an Account results in an...
I was wondering if anyone else has been using the experimental branch of Xamarin.Auth for Windows Phone support. When I sign out from my app I am attempting to delete the account information stored...
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ListView inside ScrollView difference between Android and iOS
This is the code: Content = new ScrollView () { VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Fill, Content = new StackLayout () { VerticalOptions = LayoutOptions.Fill, Children = { this.ListOfComments, CommentArea...
View ArticleNew Xamarin.Forms User Interface Docs, Featuring ListView and Text
We’re excited to announce a new section in the Xamarin.Forms Guides: User Interface! Xamarin.Forms can be used to create native UIs using shared XAML or C#. This new section centralizes existing...
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